A Narrative Approach to Process Group Work With Counselors-in-Training

ABSTRACT

The implementation of a process therapy group with master’s-level students in a counseling program is a time-honored expectation in the group-training process. A narrative framework discussion focuses on the practices used to enhance personal growth in a group setting, a review of the coleaders’ reflective process throughout the group, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of narrative approaches in group work with counselors-in-training. Examples of narrative prompts and evaluation tools are provided along with considerations and recommendations for future practice.

KEYWORDS:

• Counselors-in-training
• creativity in counseling
• group counseling
• narrative therapy
• process group

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Notes on contributors

Lindsay Webster

Lindsay Webster is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education at the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.

Maria Spellings

Maria Spellings is a doctoral student in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education at the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.